By Javier García Navarro, 1º Bachillerato A, EFL
The story begins with Jean Valjean who is released from prison and,
thanks to an act of kindness made by a bishop, becomes a new man. He gets a new
name, Monsieur Madeleine and builds a successful life and career in Montreuil.
Fantine, who is fired from her job, has to pay the
Thénardiers for them to take care of her daughter, Cosette; but actually they
spend all the money on themselves. Valjean tries to help Fatine to get her
daughter back but she dies. Later M. Javert, who is a police inspector, catches
Jean and sends him back to prison, but he escapes and leaves the city. Valjean finds Fantine’s daughter, Cosette, at the
Thénardiers’ inn and he adopts her, after paying a huge amount of money to the
Thénardiers. Then they move to Paris
They live more adventures, but you’ll have to read the
book to find out.
The part I found most interesting was when the Thénardiers
told the truth to Marius and Cosette, but when they were going to apologize to
Valjean, he had already died. That shows, in my opinion, that we should not
leave anything for tomorrow when we can to it today, as it happened to Marius:
if he had talked with Jean before, he could have made up with him and thanked
him for having saved him.
I would recommend this book to teenagers and adults,
because this is a story which deals with poverty and war, not suitable for younger children.
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